writing – Language on the Move

Research reflections

Lifelong learning from academic mentorship

Tazin speaks at Talent Day, Bangladesh Forum for Community Engagement Every year, the Bangladesh Forum for Community Engagement in Sydney, Australia hosts an event called ‘Talent Day’ to acknowledge the…

Tazin AbdullahFebruary 20, 2025

Next Gen Literacies

Are language technologies counterproductive to learning?

"Giant Head" installation at the Gentle Monster store at Sydney Airport One of the goals of graduate education is to empower students to reach their academic and professional goals by…

Ingrid PillerAugust 25, 2024

Next Gen Literacies

We, heirs of the multilingual Sumerians

The Sumerian Empire under King Shulgi (2094 to 2046 BCE) (Image Credit: Wikipedia) Do you know in which language the Sumerians started the written chronicle of humanity? It is a…

Ingrid PillerJuly 18, 2021

Next Gen Literacies

Who invented writing?

The Phoenician abjad - the ancestor of almost all scripts in use today (Image credit: Wikipedia) Today, literacy has become near universal with the global literacy rate around 85 percent.…

Ingrid PillerAugust 4, 2020

Next Gen Literacies

Why are academic lectures so weird?

My "audience" as I was recording the first online lecture for the new term Yesterday, I spent six hours pre-recording a puny little lecture of 15 minutes for the postgraduate…

Ingrid PillerJuly 27, 2020

Next Gen Literacies

Literacy – the power code

U.S. Vice President Pence ignores NASA "DO NOT TOUCH" sign. Would anyone else get away with such illiterate behavior? “Literacy” is one of those words that everyone uses as a…

Ingrid PillerAugust 7, 2017

Lifelong learning from academic mentorship

Are language technologies counterproductive to learning?

We, heirs of the multilingual Sumerians

Who invented writing?

Why are academic lectures so weird?

Literacy – the power code

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